Macdonald Old England Limited
Registered name: MACDONALD OLD ENGLAND LIMITED
Part of Monument Leisure (Holdings) Limited groupMacdonald Old England Limited made £5.4m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 26 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Macdonald Old England Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £5.4m in the year to 26 Sep 2025, with £1.8m profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's parent company is Monument Leisure Group Limited, a company incorporated in Scotland”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Sep 2022 | 26 Sep 2023 | 26 Sep 2024 | 26 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6m | £5.4m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Cost of sales | £856k | £712k | £665k | £761k |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.7m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 70 | 75 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 25.9% | 30.6% | 23.9% | 33.5% |
| Gross margin | 85.7% | 86.8% | 87.2% | 85.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.9k | £77.3k | £69.2k | £79.2k |
| Profit per employee | £19.9k | £23.6k | £16.5k | £26.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.8% | ▼4.1% | ▲3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼25.2% | ▲45.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.3% | ▲7.1% | ▼9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £848k | £510k | £323k | £247k |
| Net assets | £12.5m | £14.2m | £15.4m | £17.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.4m | £11.3m | £11.3m | £11.2m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £4.6m | £5.1m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £112k | £354k | £247k | £96.6k |
| Deferred income | £716k | £735k | £542k | £528k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 207.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲12%
- Now £17.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £247k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £528k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £11.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Monument Leisure (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Monument Leisure Group Limited75–100%
- Macdonald Old England Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Drumossie Hotel LimitedRev. £2.9m · Profit £424k
- Grange Leisure LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 26 Sep 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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